Whitson Street & Norden Road
Whitson Street and Norden Road meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, is 0.4 miles away for the Q54, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/72 Dr, 0.4 miles away, for the Q54.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/72 Dr Q540.4 milesQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 100-16 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 101-09 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11375
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 6
- City Council district
- 29
- Police precinct
- 112
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Forest Hills
- Elevation
- 93 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Greenway South & Norden Road 260 feet
- Kessel Street & Whitson Street 300 feet
- Greenway South & Rockrose Place 320 feet
- Whitson Street & Puritan Avenue 350 feet
- Union Turnpike & Kessel Street 440 feet
- Greenway South & Shorthill Road 540 feet
- Rockrose Place & Wendover Road 570 feet
- Ingram Street & Puritan Avenue 590 feet
See every intersection along Norden Road or Whitson Street.